Executive Branch of California
US Military Government
Military Governor of California
Commodore Robert Field Stockton
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1795; d. October 7 1866.
Non-Partisan
1846 – 1847
Brigadier General Stephen Watts Kearny
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1794; d. October 31 1848.
Non-Partisan
1847
John Charles Frémont
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1813; d. July 13 1890.
Non-Partisan
1847
California
Governor of California
Milton Slocum Latham
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1827; d. March 4 1882.
Democratic Party
1860
Amasa Leland Stanford
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1824; d. June 21 1893.
Republican Party
1862 – 1863
Frederick Ferdinand Low
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1828; d. July 21 1894.
Republican Party
1863 – 1867
George Stoneman, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1822; d. September 5 1894.
Democratic Party
1883 – 1887
Hiram Warren Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1866; d. August 6 1945.
Republican Party (1911 – 1912); Progressive Party (1912 – 1916); Republican Party (1916 – 1917)
1911 – 1917
Earl Warren
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1891; d. July 9 1974.
Republican Party
1943 – 1953
Edmund Gerald “Pat” Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1905; d. February 16 1996.
Democratic Party
1959 – 1967
Ronald Wilson Reagan
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1911; d. June 5 2004
Republican Party
1967 – 1975
Edmund Gerald “Jerry” Brown, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1938.
Democratic Party
1975 – 1983
Peter Barton “Pete” Wilson
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1933.
Republican Party
1991 – 1999
Edmund Gerald “Jerry” Brown, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1938.
Democratic Party
2011 – 2019
Gavin Christopher Newsom
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1967.
Democratic Party
2019 – present
Lieutenant Governor of California
Frederick Francis Houser
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1904; d. December 25 1989.
Republican Party
1943 – 1947
Robert Hutchinson Finch
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1925; d. October 10 1995.
Republican Party
1967 – 1969
Howard Edwin “Ed” Reinecke
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1924; d. December 24 2016.
Republican Party
1969 – 1974
John Loren Harmer
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1934; d. December 6 2019.
Republican Party
1974 – 1975
Gavin Christopher Newsom
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1967.
Democratic Party
2011 – 2019
Government of California
Secretary of State of California
Edmund Gerald “Jerry” Brown, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1938.
Democratic Party
1971 – 1975
Alejandro “Alex” Padilla
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 22 1973.
Democratic Party
2015 – 2021
Attorney General of California
Edward Colston Marshall
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 29 1821; d. July 9 1893.
Democratic Party
1883 – 1887
Earl Warren
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1891; d. July 9 1974.
Republican Party
1939 – 1943
Robert Walker Kenny
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1901; d. July 20 1976.
Democratic Party
1943 – 1947
Edmund Gerald “Pat” Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1905; d. February 16 1996.
Democratic Party
1951 – 1959
Daniel Edward “Dan” Lungren
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1946.
Republican Party
1991 – 1999
Edmund Gerald “Jerry” Brown, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1938.
Democratic Party
2007 – 2011
Kamala Devi Harris
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1964.
Democratic Party
2011 – 2017
Kathleen Alice Kenealy (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. unknown.
Democratic Party
2017
State Treasurer of California
Jesse Marvin Unruh
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1922; d. August 4 1987.
Democratic Party
1975 – 1987
State Controller of California
Thomas Henry Kuchel
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1910; d. November 21 1994.
Republican Party
1946 – 1953
Alan MacGregor Cranston
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1914; d. December 31 2000.
Democratic Party
1959 – 1967
Houston Irving Flournoy
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1929; d. January 7 2008.
Republican Party
1967 – 1975
California State Legislature
California State Senate
Majority Leader of the California State Senate
Charles Michael Calderon
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1950.
Democratic Party
1996 – 1998
California State Assembly
Speaker of the California State Assembly
Jesse Marvin Unruh
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1922; d. August 4 1987.
Democratic Party
1961 – 1969
Robert “Bob” Moretti
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1936; d. May 12 1984.
Democratic Party
1971 – 1974
Willie Lewis Brown, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1950.
Democratic Party
1980 – 1995
Karen Ruth Bass
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1953.
Democratic Party
2008 – 2010
Majority Leader of the California State Assembly
Howard Lawrence Berman
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 15 1941.
Democratic Party
1974 – 1980
Karen Ruth Bass
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1953.
Democratic Party
2006 – 2008
Charles Michael Calderon
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1950.
Democratic Party
2010 – 2012
Minority Leader of the California State Assembly
Jesse Marvin Unruh
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1922; d. August 4 1987.
Democratic Party
1969 – 1970
Willie Lewis Brown, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1950.
Democratic Party
1995
Kevin Owen McCarthy
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1965.
Republican Party
2006 – 2008